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Things didn't look too good going into round two of the 2009 Stoppelcross series. It had rained all week and also on Saturday the weather was just terrible. For Sunday the weather forecast was good, but how would the track look? At 7am Pieter Does and I left for Mulders' place in the ghetto after getting the ice off the windscreen. Damn it was not only dark, but cold too. What the hell were we thinking? Rob van den Wildenberg already made it to Eric Mulders' place and then we headed towards Boekel. On the road Paul de Jong 

A national indoor BMX centre will be built alongside Manchester's velodrome, home to Britain's cycling team, after an injection of funding. The North West Development Agency (NWDA) has agreed to put £8m towards the £19m cost of the project. It means work on building the 2,000 seat arena and track, which already has planning permission, can now go ahead.

More than 200 jobs will be based at the site, making British Cycling one of the biggest employers in the area. As well as the arena, the building will include the headquarters of British Cycling and will be 

Highlite your Bike with Color from SINZ Racing SINZ Racing knows you have been asking for colors, so we are proud to add the following products to the parts line:
-SINZ Pro Lite Stems and Mini Lite Stems in Black, White, Red, and Blue MSRP $40
-SINZ Complete Handlebar Line in Black, White, Red, and Blue

Last weekend the Asian Championships were held on the brand new BMX track in Hong Kong. UCI track builder Tom Ritz was hired by the Hong Kong Cycling Association to build the first professional BMX track ever in Hong Kong. Steven almost broke his ankle 2 weeks ago, so he didn't have the best preparation for this race. But that didn't stop him! After winning his motos and semi, Steven took the hole shot in the main and lead from start to finish to take his 4th successive Asian Title. 

When the normal motocross season ends, it starts for a lot of hobby riders. And many of them ride, or used to ride BMX. In fact, whenever we run into eachother, the stoppelcross races always come up. There's a competition going on before the races have even started and the first race took place on Sunday 1 November in Handel, NL.
The weather forecast for the day were terrible but it didn't start raining until later in the afternoon, just when we were ready to pack it up. But what happened in Handel? Who did what?

Elite Men
1 Cristian Becerine 2 Khalen Young 3 Barry Nobles 4 Danny Caluag 5 Donny Robinson 6 Kyle Cushman 7 Maris Strombergs 8 Sam Willougby

Elite Women
1 Dominique Daniels 2 Stephanie Barragan 3 Alise Post 4 Jamie Lilly 5 Brooke Crain 6 Alaina Henderson 7 Amanda Carr 8 Amanda Geving 

The new 2010 Redline jerseys have just arrived in SBS warehouses - and are available from your local bike shop or from BikeThreads.com. The Flight jersey is a brand new graphic design, and features new looser jersey cuffs. This jersey matches great with Redline pants, or any brand of pant in red, white and black. It'll make you look fast just standing still in staging!

MSRP: $47 

This "Special" helmet is the THE One LimitedABA BMX Nag #1 edition. This helmet will be awarded to each and every 2009 ABA BMX NAG #1 Champion for all their hard work in the 2009 ABA BMX season. This THE ONE helmet will be the icing on the cake as a reward for your years worth of great racing finishes and finishing at the top of your class. 

The Action Sports Medicine Foundation (ASMF) will be present during the entire weekend of the ABA Disney Cup Fall Nationals providing racers an elite standard of onsite medical care. The ASMF staff consists of Orthopedic Surgeons, Physician Assistants, and Athletic Trainers with 40 plus years combined experience working in Action Sports medicine. Racers will have access to ASMF’s medical rig which is capable of x-ray, stitches, casting, taping, and supplies normally found in an ER or Athletic Training room.